Hello and welcome to this thing we’re doing where we help you figure out what you’re gonna put in your mouth this week. Some of these are recipes we’ve tried, some of these are recipes we’re looking forward to trying, all of them are fucking delicious. Tell us what you want to put in your piehole or suggest your own recipes, and we’ll talk about which things we made, which things we loved, and which things have changed us irreversibly as people. 

Pecans are excellent for so much more than pie! (Obviously they are also excellent in pie, but that’s not the point.) The following pecan recipes include salads, pesto, beer soup, pancakes, crumble, cronuts, ice cream and more.

1. Grilled Pecans and Peaches

2. Raw Vegetable and Faro Salad with Pecans

3. Kale Salad with Apple, Cranberries and Pecans

4. Sweet Potato-Pecan Salad

5. Roasted Butternut Squash with Kale and Almond Pecan Parmesan

6. Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole with Sweet ‘n’ Savory Pecans

7. Pecan Pesto

8. Brie and Cheddar Apple Beer Soup with Pecan Oat Crumble

9. Rosemary Raisin Pecan Crisps

10. Pumpkin Bread with Cinnamon Pecan Filling

11. Persimmon Pecan Bread

12. Maple Pecan Pancakes

13. Apple Pecan Hemp Hearts Granola

14. Pecan Pie Granola

15. Microwave Pralines

16. Pecan Sandies

17. Spiced Pecan Linzer Cookies

18. Salty Pecan Vanilla Oat Cookies

19. Banana Pecan Shortbread

This shortbread recipe is vegan, gluten free and uses coconut oil instead of butter.

20. Milk Chocolate Pecan Cups

21. Olive Oil, Raspberry and Sea Salt Brownies

22. Sriracha Pecan Brittle Brownies

23. Boozy Pecan Pie Bars with Sea Salt

24. Peach and Plum Crumble

With pecans, duh.

25. Pecan Cornmeal Butter Cake

26. Olive Oil Pecan Rum Cake

27. Incredibly Gooey Collapsing Chocolate Bourbon Pecan Pie Custard Cake

28. Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake with Salted Caramel Sauce

29. Apple Pecan Pie Cronuts with Apple Cider Caramel Drizzle

30. Pecan Brownie Buns with Espresso Glaze

31. World’s Easiest Sticky Buns

32. Apple Pecan Mini Pies

33. Pecan Pie

34. Pecan Praline Ice Cream with Salty Honey Sauce

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